Geeking Out – The 10 Geekiest Movies of All Time

Fans of zombies love how this movie pokes fun of every zombie movie trope out there. Simple yet smart and funny, Shaun of the Dead is often considered one of the best horror-comedy movies ever made.

2

Scream (1996)

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Dissecting the horror film genre and flipping the script on it? Yeah, that's geeky. Wes Craven changed the rules of the game and impressed horror film geeks everywhere.

3

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

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Nearly every tidbit in this movie is a reference to comic books or video games. From the over-the-top visuals to the 8-bit sound effects, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a cinematic geek-out.

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4

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

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A movie made by one of Hollywood's resident geeks, Kevin Smith, will naturally be brimming with inside jokes about comic books, Star Wars, movies, and long discussions about comic books, Star Wars, and movies.

5

Spaceballs (1987)

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There are plenty of ways to poke fun at Star Wars, but no one has done it better than Spaceballs. It's even more quotable than the movie it's satirizing. "May the schwartz be with you!"

6

WarGames (1983)

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"Would you like to play a game of chess?" A movie about a teenage hacker that ends with an artificial intelligence playing a game of tic-tac-toe will titillate the nerve endings of any geek.

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7

Pi (1998)

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Starkly cinematic, Pi is a heady film about a mathematician searching for answers behind a 216-digit number. Geeks will appreciate its cerebral plot, even if it doesn't get all the math details right (like referring to phi as theta).

8

Tron (1982)

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A computer nerd gets sucked into a virtual reality and ends up saving the world? Riding light cycles? How do you spell "geek fantasy?"

9

Galaxy Quest (1999)

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Any self-respecting Star Trek fan will be left a breathless mass on the floor after laughing endlessly at the many inside jokes about the iconic sci-fi series. Even George Takei and Patrick Stewart found the satire about Star Trek and fandom in general to be absolutely brilliant.

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10

Fanboys (2009)

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If there was any movie only a geek could put together, it would be Fanboys. With cameos from William Shatner, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Kevin Smith, Ray Park, and Danny Trejo, it's basically a geek's wet dream.